Sách Ngữ pháp tiếng anh luyện thi TOEIC – Unit 4: Hiện tại đơn và tiếp diễn (Present Simple and Continuous) – Học Hay

1.

Chúng ta sử dụng dạng tiếp diễn (I’m waiting, it’s raining etc.) cho các hành động và diễn biến đã bắt đầu nhưng chưa kết thúc.

Một số động từ (ví dụ, know và like) thường không được sử dụng theo cách này. Chúng ta không nói, ‘I am knowing’, ‘they are liking’. We say ‘I know’, ‘they like’.

Các động từ sau thường không được sử dụng trong hiện tại tiếp diễn: like, want, need, prefer, know, realize, understand, recognize, believe, suppose, remember, mean, belong, fit, contain, consist, seem

• I’m hungry. I want something to eat. (not I’m wanting)
• Do you understand what I mean?
• Anna doesn’t seem very happy right now.

 

2. Think

Khi think có nghĩa là ‘believe’ hoặc  ‘have an opinion’, chúng ta không dùng dạng tiếp diễn:

• I think Mary is Canadian, but I’m not sure. (not I’m thinking)
• What do you think of my idea? (= what is your opinion?)

Khi think có nghĩa là ‘consider’, ta có thể dùng dạng tiếp diễn:

• I’m thinking about what happened. I often think about it.
• Nicky is thinking of giving up her job. (= she is considering it)

 

3

see         hear       smell     taste      look       feel

Chúng ta thường dùng hiện tại đơn (không phải tiếp diễn) see/hear/smell/taste:

• Do you see that man over there? (not are you seeing)
• The room smells. Let’s open a window.
• This soup doesn’t taste very good.

Chúng ta có thể dùng hiện tại đơn hoặc tiếp diễn để nói một người nào đó trông hoặc cảm giác như thế nào.

• You look well today, or You’re looking well today.
• How do you feel now? or How are you feeling now?

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• I usually feel tired in the morning. (not I’m usually feeling)

 

4

am/is/are being

Chúng ta có thể nói he’s being … , you’re being … etc. để nói cách xử xự của một người nào đó:

• I can’t understand why he’s being so selfish. He isn’t usually like that. (being selfish = behaving selfishly now)
• ‘The path is icy. Don’t slip.’ ‘Don’t worry. I’m being very careful.’

So sánh:

• He never thinks about other people. He’s very selfish.
  (= he is selfish generally, not only now)
• I don’t like to take risks. I’m a very careful person.

Chúng ta dùng am/is/are being để nói cách một người xử xự (làm một việc gì đó mà người đó có thể kiểm soát) ngay lúc này.

Thường không được dùng trong  các tình huống khác:

• Sam is ill. (not is being ill)
• Are you tired? (not are you being tired)

A. Put the verb into the correct form, present continuous or present simple.

1. Are you hungry? …………………………. (you / want) something to eat?

2. Alan says he’s 90 years old, but nobody ……………………….(believe) him.

3. She told me her name, but ……………………….(I / not / remember) it now.

4. Don’t put the dictionary away. ……………………….(I / use) it.

5. Don’t put the dictionary away. ……………………….(I / need) it.

6. Air ……………………….(consist) mainly of nitrogen and oxygen.

7. Who is that man? What ……………………….(he / want)?

8. Who is that man? Why ……………………….(he / look) at us?

9. Who is that man? ……………………….(you / recognise) him?

10. ……………………….(I / think) of selling my car. Would you be interested in buying it?

11. I can’t make up my mind. What ……………………….(you / think) I should do?

12. Gary wasn’t well earlier, but ……………………….(he / seem) OK now.

B Use the words in brackets to make sentences.

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C Are the underlined verbs OK? Correct them where necessary.

1 Nicky is thinking of giving up her job.

2 It’s not true. I’m not believing it.

3 I’m feeling hungry. Is there anything to eat?

4 I’ve never eaten that fruit. What is it tasting like?

5 I’m not sure what she does. I think she works in a shop.

6 Look over there. What are you seeing?

7 You’re very quiet. What are you thinking about?

D Complete the sentences. Use is/are being (continuous) or is/are (simple).

1 I can’t understand why ……………………….. so selfish. He isn’t usually like that.

2 You’ll like Sophie when you meet her. She………………………..very nice.

3 Sarah………………………..very nice to me at the moment. I wonder why.

4 They………………………..very happy. They’ve just got married.

5 You’re normally very patient, so why………………………..so unreasonable about waiting ten more minutes?

6 Would you like something to eat?………………………..hungry?

A

1. Do you want

2 believes

3 I don’t remember / I do not remember or I can’t remember

4 I’m using / I am using

5 I need

6 consists

7 does he want

8 is he looking

9 Do you recognise

10 I’m thinking / I am thinking

11 do you think

12 he seems

B

1. You don’t seem very happy today

2 I’m thinking.

3 Who does this umbrella

belong to?

4 This smells good.

5 Is anybody sitting there?

6 These gloves don’t fit me

C

1. ok

2. I 3 OK (I feel is also correct)

4 does it taste

5 OK

6 do you see

7 OKdon’t believe it

D

1. he’s being

2 ’s / is

3 ’s being / is being

4 ’re / are

5 are you being

6 Are you

 

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